"I performed a quick format on my 500GB Sony portable hard drive and lost some important data. Is there format recovery freeware that can restore quick formatted external hard drive so that I can get back the lost files?"

"If anybody knows the solution for data recovery after quick format Sony external hard disk, please show me the detailed guide. I really need to restore all those lost files. Thanks for any help!"

Quick Formatted Sony External Hard Disk Drive Recovery

iCare Data Recovery helps recover data from quick formatted Sony external hard disk without modifying any original data or hurting the disk. This data recovery software can restore all kinds of files such as images, videos, music, emails, office files, etc. If you quick formatted Sony portable hard drive by mistake, you can follow the steps below to recover data:

Step3. Preview files after scanning and the save the files lost from your external disk to another disk.

Sony Portable Hard Drive Recovery after Format

Usually, Windows system provides two options for its users to format a disk drive, namely quick format and complete format (also called full format). Both complete format and quick format can erase all data on your Sony external hard disk, but quick format enables you to format the disk much faster because it only formats the disk without checking and repairing bad sectors. Although there is some difference between quick format and full format, data recovery is possible whether you perform a quick format or full format on your Sony external HDD.

The Bottom Line for Sony External HDD Quick Format Recovery

Files loss due to quick format is different from when files got lost due to deleting. When you quick formatted Sony external HDD, files will be erased immediately. So you need to rely on data recovery software to perform file recovery. iCare Data Recovery provides an easy solution for Sony external HD quick format recovery. Free download the software now.